Wire-bending machine.



' W-. W. SHIRLEY. WIRE BENDING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED T11R27, 1913 1,079,890, 7 Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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APPLIGATION FILED IEB.27, 1913.

1,079,890, 1 Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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UNITED STATES TENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. SHIRLEY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

WIRE-BENDING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VILLIAM W. SHIRLEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at v improvements in' or relating'to the devices employed for shaping the lifting hooks provided uponthe ends of the handles included in such implements, whereby both hooks may be bent into shape at t e same time,

and by a single movement of the operating said shaping operation, these holding devices being so constructed and arranged as to admit of their being readily disengaged from the implement at the conclusion of the operation. I An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, where-.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the com plete inachine, showing the" lifter in dotted lines, prior to the above-mentioned shaping operation; Fig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmental longitudinal vertical section; Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse vertical sections taken, respectively, on the lines 33 and H of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a fragmental perspective view of the completed lifter. I

In said drawing, 7 indicates, generally, the work table or support whereon the various operations subsequently described, take place, and 8 an upright on whose top said support is mounted and to which it is se- "cured by a bolt 9. The parts 7 and 8 may Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 21, 1913. Serial m.751, 121.

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downwardly at an angle, as indicated by the numeral 12, this inclinedportion being provided with a series of upstanding pins 13 and, also, wit-h a series of cross-pins 14, both of which sets of pins are initially used in forming the preliminary bends in the implement. -As thesepreliminary steps are not comprehended in the invention proper, which relates primarily to the shaping of the hereinafter described liftinghooks, they need no specific description, nor is it deemed necessary to describe the implement itself in detail, as reference may be had to my prior patent, above'identified, for a complete understanding thereof. It is suflicient,

therefore, to state that the implement comprises upper and lower handle members 15 and 16 having a pivotal connection with each other at the points 17, 17 and provided with terminal, pan-engaging devices 18 and 19. In addition to these devices, hooks 20 and 21 are provided upon the outer ends of the handles proper, which hooks'are initially in the form of longitudinal loops that are subsequently bentinto the proper shapes by the operating member hereinafter described. In the completed implement the hook 20 onthe upper handle lo projects upwardly and outwardly therefrom at a suitable angle, and is designed for reception inthe usual socket provided in the stove lid, while the hook 21 on the lower handle16 is inclined inwardly and downwardly, and is to be engaged with the rim of a pie plate or the like.

her 25 which is here shown as constituted by a lever provided with an upwardly curved head 26 having a depending arm 27 extending from the base thereof, ('17. 6., at the point where said head joins the stem or body of the lever), said arm being arranged divergently from said head. In said head there is provided a longitudinal slot 28 hav ing a slightly arcuate formation, through which slot bar 23 extends, the arrangement being such, therefore, that when the lever is operated a longitudinal movement thereof, as well as a rocking movement is permitted, which serves .to'relieve the strain upon said The other bar 24 is disposed in front of and slightly below bar 23, and adjacent an opening or socket 29 haying substantially the shape'of an inverted cone, its rear wallas to engage the hook 21- whichis supported up'on"the aforesaid rear wall thereofi"the vices 30', .31 r and 32. "The device 30' is lo-.

.20 cated between the front and rear devices 31' within the work support. 35.

' oted to the outer ends,

socket 29and 1n.cl0se proximity to the rear or supporting wall thereof, as-depicted' in- 4 steps have been completed screw which is set into thework hook 20 projecting upwardly and rear wardly beneath bar 24, as depicted in dotted.

lines 'in-Fi 1 In addition to their preliminary use in connection with the initialbending steps,

thepin's 14: are utilized toJretain the partially completed implement in place upon the; support 7 during the .shapmg .of the hooks .20 and 21, In performinglthis latter function, .they are assisted by t and, also, by supplemental retain ng deand 32 and is preferably in the form of a" su' port toward the extension-end 12 thereo the head-of said screw overhanging and engagper handle 15 adja cent. the point where t ey are; bent to form the devices 18, at which point they are alsoengaged by the retaining device 31. Both; retaining devices 31 and 132 are of the disappearing -movable into and out of operative position to engage or'release the implement, and

type that is to say, they are when in lnoperative .position, are dispose They are here U-sha'ped' pins whosearms workin pairsof'vertical passages formed through the support, and whose,connectingportions or bases are pivof a pairlofsmall levers 33 and 34 which are crumed in depending brackets 35 oarried by saidsupportn The inner or operatin shown as constituted by zontal passage 36 formed in the top of standard 8 and intersected at righteangles by a pair of finger openings 37 which are formed, transversely through the standardtop to provide access to said levers. The

passages wherein the arms of the rear device 32' work open through the side walls of Fig. 2. In their lowered or inoperative position, the terminals of these with the upper face of the work support.

When the initial bending and shaping and the implement is placed upon the work support in the levers 33 and 34, will the manner already described, the movable retaining devices 31' and 32, which have previously been raised by manipulation of respectively engage the arms of handle 15, at the points Where the latter and the devices 18 meet,

and the arms of both handles at the juncbetween the handle arms, as shown.

gage hook 20, which e pins 14,

' I 1. In a wire-bendin centrall-y fulsaid; 'bar' to bend'a portion.

arms lie flush .of a U-shaped work retaining device havln'g said passages; 20

novasoo tibnhfthe same and the hooks 20 and 21, the arms of the rear device 32 extending n this way, the t'wo'handle members, which are, then superposed, are held against all 7 possibleendwise," sidewise and vertical displacement, as will .be understood. Lever 25 is then swung to the rightand downwardly,

during which movement its head 26 will enprojects upwardly toward it, and will'bend the said hook up wardl and forwardly over bar 24, whileits arm 2; will enter socket 29 and bend hook 21 downwardl and inwardly in the desired manner. 1i

lowered ge them from the finished im le-' ereupon the latter may be "readily removed.

to disenga ment, w

t the completion of this operation, the retaining devices 31 and 32 are Having "described my invention, I

claim 7 machine, the com- .bination, with a wort support provided with a work-engaging cross-bar and with a vertical socket adjacent the same; of a lever fulcrumed on said, support and having a curved head cooperative with said bar to bend a portion of the work thereover, and

a depending arm adapted to enter said socket to bend another portion of the work .95

downwardly therein, when said lever is swung toward saidfsupport'; andwork-retaming devices carried by said sup ort;

2.; In-a work-bending machine, the combination, with an ,apertured. work sup or't provided with a 'worlr-engagin ero'sser, and with a vertical'socket adjacent the same; of a lever fulcrumed on said support and having a curvedhead cotiperative with thereover, and

the; work downwardly. therein, when said, lever is swu'n toward said support; a workretaining dev1ce"movable throughthe aperbination, with a work support and a bend:

said support a ing lever. fulcrumed thereon,- bemg formed with a pair of sages extending transversely t lparallel paserethroughg.

4. In a wire-bending machine, the comsupport and a bend- 12L bination, with a work ing lever fulcrumed thereon, said support being-provided adjacent its ends with pairs of parallel passages extending transversely therethrough; of a standard whereon said support is'mounted formed at its top with a of the work 65 ardepending armadapted to 1 I g enter said socket to bend another portion of portions of these levers project into a, ihorihavlng its arms movable through each pair of passages; and a lever fulcrumed on-said support adjacent eachretaining device and connected to the latter at its outer end, the lnner ends of said levers extending in opposite directions into the passage in said standard andtermin'ating adjacent said finger openings.

5. In a wire-bendin machine, the combination, with a wor:

support provided with a vertical socket and with a pair of parallel passages extending transversely therethrough and located adjacent said passage parallel with said sup} pair of finger. openings insocket ofa lever fulcrumed on said sup port and having a: bending head provided with an arm adapted to enter'sa-idsocket whensaid lever is swung toward said support; a U-shaped work-retaining device having its arms movable through said pas-' sages; and a lever fulcrumed onsaid sup ,port and connected with the base of said work-retaining'device for moving the latter into and out of operative position.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto-setmy hand in presence of two subscribing w'itmesses.

I WILLIAM W. SHIRLEY.

Witnesses: a

' CHARLES H. NAsH,

ROBERT WATERMAN.

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